I have included his email at the end of the post –
so if you have received an appeal like this we can compare notes…

At the end of my reply I also sent John... Genesis
Chapters 1 through 10 – just in case he wants to read it.

My Reply on June 23 and today – August 9 is as follows…

Dear John...

In our country we do have access to the Internet like you and
the use of an amazing site entitled http://www.

biblegateway.com/ -
which you also can access and with the use of the Computer - by hitting
"Ctrl" and the "+" keys it also enlarges the screen to a
very great size.

The Biblegateway is better than Dakes in that it gives a number of different helps that are
greater than Dakes.

The cost of a Printed Bible is
very expensive and the shipping of the same is even greater - making no sense
any longer to do so.

Finally... on my trip to Africa (East) I witnessed the same
phenomena that has been widely reported about Nigeria - you have way more Cell
Phone use that we have in Canada - and it is MUCH Cheaper. And the part
that is almost funny is most of the Pastors and congregation all owned TWO CELL
PHONES EACH.

Almost all the Cell Phones used are able to access the Internet
now - where you can access the Bible.

The fact that you have emailed me using a Bcc - tells me that
this is not personal at all but rather a very great chance that you are
"phishing" for a "sucker".

And the fact that you have used "binghamton.edu"
to send the email - tells me that you are connected with a school that none of
us could afford

which means you have more money than me.

I have included a Cc to the President of Binghamton University
to let him know that the system is being used to send your emails out.

The answer is NO I cannot Help you.

Rev. M.
Lincoln

BTW I just had a Great Idea... why not help you with a Bible
NOW... Here is Genesis Chapter 1 to Chapter 10 for you to read... in Large
Print...

Genesis 1 to Genesis 10

May this letter find you blessed in Christ.
I am writing from WestAfrica and it is a blessing getting to you in the
other part of theworld. It is my prayer that you become a friend of
me and the localchurch here. I got your email when I
searching online and got intothe web site and I know that it is God’s
arrangement. I need notsilver or gold but the word of God only!

By His grace I am a Believer bought and washed by
the Blood of JesusChrist. I am married with three children. I am a
pastor of a smalllocal church non denominational or affiliated to
anybody. The churchwas founded in 2006 and now has about 30 members.
I gave my life toChrist in 1987 when I was still in the high school
at Zaria. A campusfellowship student by name Johnson was my roommate
at school and hislife of faithfulness unto Christ and his prayer
and teaching me theBible led me to Christ. This Brother told me then
that he sensed thatGod was going to use me for His cause. I was never
ready to hear thatbecause my dream or thought was never in the
ministry but to finish mystudies and get a nice job. Five years after
school and alreadyworking I started having the stronger urge and
sensing that God wascalling me but I kept on putting it off my heart
because my job andlife was sweet to me and I felt I needed nothing
else. One day a guestspeaker was ministering in our church and he
singled me out in a crowdof over a hundred people and told me that God has
called me to theministry and cannot hide. After he left I told my
pastor that I haveaccepted and my pastor and other elders of the
church prayed with me.I immediately joined and headed the evangelical
outreach of the churchand I saw many coming to Christ in the outreach. I
let go of my job in2005 and returned to Edo my State. I joined a
small local church andwas assisting the pastor as the second pastor. In
January 13th 2007 apastor of a little church of about five families
in my area walked upto me telling me that he is leaving the state to
his home state wherethe Lord has asked him to go and start the work.
He said he has beenpraying for over a month that the Lord has asked
him to tell me totake over the little church he founded 2006. I
have not hadrelationship with this pastor before now so it
amazed me. He asked meto pray to ask the Lord. I did prayed and without
wasting time I knewthe Lord ask me to hold that little church and
that was how I becamethe pastor of this church called Victory Chapel.
The church is agrowing church and we meet at a temporary rented
building. We are notearthly rich but rich in Christ, riches that will
last for eternity.

2 Timothy 2:15 “Study to shew thyself approved
unto God, a workmanthat needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing
the word of truth”.The reason why I am writing is to appeal for your
assistance in thearea of a Study Bible which will be of help to me
in my research andstudy of the bible as well as lesson preparation
as a pastor. Myrequest is for your help for 4 copies of Large
print Dake AnnotatedReference bibles. The only bible I have is a large
print which isalready torn and some pages missing. I bought it
the year I gave mylife to Christ. The Dake Bible has a lot of study
helps and commentaryon bible verses and good for those seeking much
understanding of God’sword. I need the large print due to my reading
difficulty. It costmuch here and we cannot afford it. I need 1 and 3
for my church eldershelping to coordinate the church. They have no bibles.
I came to knowabout the Dake Annotated Bible when an elder in my
church received itfrom his relative studying in South African. The
young man bought itfrom Christian Books Distributors and they shipped
to South Africa andhe then sent it to Nigeria. The link for where to
find the bible as Ihave searched ishttp://www.christianbook.com/

kjv-annotated-reference-

bonded-leather-
burgundy/9781558291201/pd/

61202/1298564049?event=AAI. This is theexact large print Dake sent to him and it has a
larger print making iteasier to read and a leather cover making it
durable for a life timegift and use. The bible is in King James Version
English.

My home and postal address is N0. 72 Ekiowa-Gplo
5870, Oredo LocalArea, Edo State, Nigeria. Please write when you
get my mail. I do nothave full access to internet but I can check at
least three timesweekly. Ecclesiastes 11:1 "Cast thy bread
upon the waters: for thoushalt find it after many days"

I just got this as well! I was just about to do almost exactly the same as you, except from a new temporary gmail account. I recommend that you do that if you ever respond to such emails next time and ask whom it is that he sent to, because the sender would surely know if he sent to one person. And I was going to tell him not to rely on commentaries of man, but on the spirit of God. Peace be with you.

Thanks for posting this response as it relieves me also of the responsibility of formulating my own. I liked your suggestion of Biblegateway and cringed that someone finds the need to ask for a King James Bible when there are many more readable versions. Thanks for all you do for the kingdom...we are missionaries in Peru...blessings! Audra McEuen

Thank you for your thoughtful responses to him. I will also let your answer stand. I think the suggestion of Biblegateway was great and love that he can find more than King James there. Thanks for all you do for the Kingdom!

I also received an identical email from this person. I did a little digging and forwarded the email to Mr. Harvey Stenger, the president of Binghamton University. He sent me an email response asking the connection to Binghamton Univ. since it didn't show up on the forwarded message, so I sent him the original From: line as well as linking to this blog. I hope that something gets resolved. Thanks for posting this though. Best regards.

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